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\"\"An interview with Michael Clayton<\/a> and review of Dead Roosters and Other Stories<\/em><\/a> is up at Trueself<\/a>. An excerpt:<\/p>\n

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Dead Roosters and Other Stories<\/em> <\/a>\u2013 recently published by Lavender Ink \u2013 is a striking collection of hardscrabble lives and dreams deferred. When I read Michael Clayton’s debut collection Larry Brown came to mind. In fact, bestselling author Amanda Boyden … compares him to Flannery O’Connor and Breece D’J Pancake.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Read the entire interview here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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